Patrick

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• Commented on New Poll Shows Support For Space Funding Cuts

  The poll and article are specious in light of them NOT telling you the number of people polled...could have been 1,500 or 150,000 or 15 for that matter. Citing percentages is bulldinky. Percentage of what? Like Joe Stalin said..."It ain't...

• Commented on Parker Griffith Jumps Ship

  Pelosi gets a Repug lump of coal for Christams... NO! HO! HO! :)...

• Commented on Bolden Meets With Obama

  >So ... what do you think the President will decide? He'll can NASA completely citing a report he will immediately release which concludes the Mayans we're right...we're all doomed on 12/21/2012. :)...

• Commented on Desperate in Alabama

  I am Stuned! Shocked !! And Appalled by the reactions here !!! Surely Shelby is only doing what ANY politicians does these days and that to do the job he gets paid to do...in the left hand by taxpayers AND...

• Commented on Will White House Speak Soon About NASA?

  Well if you didn't expect "O" to invite the Commie Chinese to basically a "free technology lunch" you've been dreaming. Tho I think what Congress did today was simply marvelous! Kinda hamstrings "O" and Bolden...that and (D) FL Sen. Nelson...

• Commented on Congressional Hearing on Safety

  For those interested, the URL for the hearing follows: http://science.edgeboss.net/wmedia/science/scitech09/120209.wvx Rohrabacher made a fool of himself at times especially when he was shilling for Boeing....

• Commented on Congressional Hearing on Safety

  I watched it...it was an Ares Luv Fest. Talk about "wiring the message". :)...

• Commented on Hanley Changes His Story On Ares 1 Safety - Again

  I may be wrong but looking at the chart it appears that Ares 1 OUTPERFORMS EELV significantly....

• Commented on Street Theater Outside NASA HQ at 11 am

  One question... Do we get to feed the animals? :)...

• Commented on SaveSpace.us Claims 500K Letters Sent to the White House

  Thats great for the Post Office too! They took in over $220,000. :)...

• Commented on China and U.S. To Cooperate in Space (And On Trains)

  One should remember that when Communists say "cooperation" they mean "Domination"...on their end....

• Commented on Promoting The Flexible Path

  Given his background and credentials its not a surprising perspective....

• Commented on China's View on Space

  >Its also time for the US Air Force to finally have manned spaceflight capability. And just what makes you think they don't now or have not had it for quite some time? :)...

• Commented on Ares 1-Y is Toast

  >I think that you're forgetting that the Russians have their own perfectly well-proven crew launch system, the Soyuz, and are also building a six-seat replacement vehicle that might even have superior performance to Orion. As I have a few relatives,...

• Commented on Sinking Expectations at SaveSpace.us

  Its called an "adjusted expectations" moment. LOL! Brevard County SHOULD have started this when the Augustine Commitee was announced or when Obama came to Titusville. As usual, they're late to the party. (: But at least they're doing SOMETHING (finally)....

• Commented on Inaccuracies at SaveSpace

  The pretext of the video related to the impending doom Ares-1X and its purported vibration issues which were displled this week from what I understand. THAT aside, this looks like a very good approach to the HLV. Are there any...

• Commented on More KSC Layoffs Announced

  There are a few other things that REALLY bother me about the Falcon "deal"... I believe the max capacity of a Shuttle cargo load is 26.8 tons, correct if I'm wrong please. :) NASA was forced to give them funding,...

• Commented on More KSC Layoffs Announced

  While KSC workers are being laid off by the thousands... According to the above article... NASA is obliged to cough up almost $2 BILLION to SpaceX to launch 3 Demo rockets that are STILL 3 years behind schedule ?!?!? Oh...

• Commented on Ares 1-X First Stage Damaged

  Well there we go! Some darn good data coming in! From what I saw of launch replays it seemed that separation was not totally "clean"; that the first stage may have "bumped" the Dummy second stage because it was still...

• Commented on Ares 1-X Staging Issue

  >The shuttle didn't need a test flight nor do other ELV's. Really? :) http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/sts1/sts1_crippen_young_intvw.html Quote: "Ultimately, STS-1 was a bold TEST flight to determine if a rocket launch into space could be a round-trip ticket."...

• Commented on Ares 1-X Staging Issue

  Interesting observations by all. I'll wait until the results of data is analyzed. All in all, a VERY good effort by the NASA folks....

• Commented on Video: Ares 1-X Launch

  The separation looked strange because the upper stage was not a powered one....

• Commented on Ares 1-X Launched

  Just got back from US-1 near Space View Park... One word.... FLAWLESS ! :) Crowd was going crazy too!! WAY TO GO NASA AND TEAM ARES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

• Commented on Ares 1-X Launch Scrubbed

  Maybe its time for Jay to retire...he made a fool of himself in the briefing with a comment regarding cost to date of $400 to $500 Billion... but later corrected himself to 4 or 5. Much to the credit of...